3. Winterfest 2013 - THANK YOU!
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... Our Winterfest 2013 was a great success! Despite the chilly and cold weather, lots of visitors took the opportunity to enjoy our Holiday Bazaar, the wonderful music performances, the many market stands offering delicious food, drinks and crafted arts, trying out their luck at the raffle, visiting Santa, seeing and meeting GAIS teachers, staff and parents all alike...
A BIG THANK YOU from our part goes to Melanie Schallehn and Lisa Baust, Lydia Kirchhofer, Janet Roitsch and all the many many helpers & volunteers who supported us - without all of you the Winterfest 2013 would not have been such a wonderful event!
Last but not least, there are still some treats waiting for some raffle winners! Please check out below, if you are among those lucky ones. The prizes can be picked up at the office:
Kristen Hughes (2 prizes), Bernd Jandeleit (2 prizes) Susanne Rehner, Jasmin Limbrey, Katrin Ashear, Meike Petry, Morgan Cassidy, Daniel Zimmermann. We also have some lucky numbers: 903098, 903296, 993365, 993380, 903374, 903086, 903113. Congratulations!
4. Donation from Cafe Zo� - THANK YOU!
Kathleen Delay (owner) and her team at Cafe Zo�, Menlo Park, have donated over $100 to GAIS which they collected during our Parent Conference Days in November. We would like to thank Kathleen and her team for this donation and their continuous support of our school! It's great to have such wonderful and caring neighbors! Many thanks!
5. IMS Winter Concert - Join us!
Come one come all to the IMS Winter concert! Enjoy listening to the three GAIS middle school bands as they perform on December 18, 2013, at 2:00pm in the gym!
6. German Book Fair - Pick up your book(s)!
The books ordered at the German Book Fair 2013 have arrived! Please pick up your orders in the library (during normal opening hours).
7. Students leaving early for Holiday Break - forms!
Please make sure to hand in a Special Leave Request for your student (Elementary and Middle School) if you are leaving early for the Holiday Break. An email is only sufficient to inform Preschool teachers. Special Leave Request forms are available in the office and need a signature by the teacher/homeroom teacher and principal.
8. Small Fry Dance Club - Winter Musical Theater
Small Fry Dance Club, one of our EC program providers, is presenting "Supercalifragilistic", their Winter Musical Theater Performance on Saturday December 14, 2013 at the Cubberley Community Theater, Palo Alto. The performance starts at 6:15 pm and we have complimentary tickets to give away. If you are interested, please contact Uschi Waite at [email protected].
9. Lice - please check your children
Unfortunately, we had again some reported cases of lice this week. Please refer to our special communication about Head Lice. We kindly ask you to check all of your children and notify us immediately, if any lice or nits have been found. Thank you.
10. Emergency Notification System - please opt-in!
There are still some of you who have not opted in their mobile number to our new Emergency Notification System. Please note that you will not receive any Text Alerts in case of an emergency if your mobile phone is not opted-in/connected. Please refer to the email you have received from OneCallNow for detailed information and instructions.
11. Buy your Christmas Tree and support GAIS!
Reminder: Buy your Christmas Tree at Honey Bear Trees and GAIS will get 15% of the proceeds. It's very easy: Print and fill out the flyer, go to one of the two locations in Redwood City/San Carlos, buy your desired christmas tree and get a free glass of honey on top of it! That's it - that's all!